The Nazgûl of Middle-earth
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- The Nazgûl are the nine Ringwraiths who were the servants of Sauron in Middle-earth, and these characters contain much lore! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts about the Nazgûl in the description below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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The Witchking only wanted to get the Ring and return it to Sauron, but after having a whiff of the Hobbits' tomatoes, sausages and crispy bacon, he stabbed Frodo out of spite.
Chicken Draws Dogs I think it might have actually been that instead of the fire signal
Nazgul:" let's steal some of that nice crispy bacon😂😂😂😂
Chicken Draws Dogs. Just in the movie though. In the book, “Strider” brought attention to them when they went to the top of Amon Sul. And also if we go by the movies, there are rings on their fingers when Frodo puts on the ring and looks at them.
Witch King in screeching tone: YOU GOT ASH ON THE TOMATOES YOU LIL SHIT *stabs*
Truly, to go an eternity without ever getting to eat nice juicy bacon is a punishment worthy of Hell itself! His anger is well justified.
The sad thing is they probably don't even remember what food tastes like.
The nazgul are some of the most mystic and interesting beings. The best illustration of sauron's corruption
@dave ortwine hahahaha
👍
Josh Bosh perhaps, but they’re still not as mystical and interesting as my penis
GDI 109 Yeah small
And unseen, not much known
@@linushellgren3511 damn brother, you fucking killed him! XD
Tolkien really set the standard for fantasy enemies. The Nazgul are horrific individually and even more so as a group. Great video!
Tolkien set the standard for fantasy, period.
now i think about it, there nine of them, and there Sauron's most trusted and used servants, his fingers in the world, and he lost a finger when the ring was cut from his hand.
*Nazgûl
Twenty Øne Sløths Thanks for the input.
Micky Bwoy you’re welcome
The Witch-King was always the coolest looking character too me, but the lore makes him cooler.
I heard the Witch King identifies as female after become a Nazgul. In other words, a wraith who used to be a dude but identifies as a chick, but fucks dudes!
Another one of Saurons dirty tricks. Saurons a bastard.
MM Solo excuse me?! I- no... Just no
Hasib Uddin Ahmed not at all
would love to know more about why his sword alone was able to ignite!
Yeah. Except for the animated movie, where he had Skeletor's VA, and even looks like him
We at the Nazghul Rehabilitation Fund would like you to know that addiction to power is a medical condition and that you should look at Nazghul as sick people, not monsters. Please give generously.
“Hi my name is Nazgul #7, and I’ve been giving into the temptation of heavy power for 1,000 years.”
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Pahahah this made me laugh. Thank you. I will give generously.
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which nazgul'd like to share first?
Last time I was this early, Isildur still had the Ring
Isildur my stupid ancesor he didn't destroyed ring
@@annatarlordofgifts7031
Instead the nigga
Talion took it
But he replaced isildur
last time i checked sauron still had his fingers
@@justin-kd7xe Last time I was here Sauron was still good
@@lodii7246
For god sake, this Nonsens Has nothing to do With the lore
Men with rings of power: Tortured souls unable to bear being alive and haunted by Sauron.
Bilbo with THE ring of power: Chills out for like a hundred years eating and spoking pot.
Pot makes you immune to ring magic
@@Kaspar502 That explains why Sam was so resistant to it. They don't call him Samwise Gangee for nothing ;)
@@Kaspar502 it's also what actually extended his life, not the ring. Pipe weed is where the true magic is!
Lmfao this is gold
9 rings were given to mortal men who werent as high AF
I think I'm gonna give my nine best friends some rings, ensuring their undying loyalty to me!
Otto Von Bismarck ahh, so this is how you unified The German Empire under Prussian ruler Wilhelm I
Just spray paint some donuts with gold or fake snow and force them onto their fingers ...
@@whynottalklikeapirat lol
if you really have nine (best)friends you have a richer life than bill gates
@@Mp-bu7zx Sauron: the nazgul and I are besties. Never mind that Saruman and his nasty old teeth and dusty linnen.
Ohhhh I've been waiting on this topic for a long time. Awesome video as per usual!
“Nine for mortal men doomed to die...”
Boil em. Mash em. Stick em in a stew.
Aha but they technically never did XD not including when Sauron was actually defeated
@@TimaeusEXE sequal? Nani!?
@@strats618 po-ta-toes. Golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish...
"One for the dark lord, on his dark throne".
the last nazgul left middle to pitch a tv series to amazon....
Martin Horowitz For real. I expect that show to be abysmal.
@@Red_Devil_2011 I am pretty pessimistic about it too.
Me: I'm gonna offset this negativity by being optimistic.
Saruman: "YOU HAVE ELECTED THE WAY OF PAIN!"
Red Devil Hey, you never know, I’m gonna keep an open mind
Dunno...alot of good stuff in the second age, plus the early third age, imma reserve judgement till i see it..
To answer your question about the 9th Nazgul: I think this "missing nazgul" was probably just inserted to heighten the sense of fear as the fellowship journeyed South.
But.....if you want to get all theoretical:
at 9:11 in the video you state that the next Nazgul we see is the one shot down by Legolas. I don't think that's true. I've always (in my head cannon, since this was never confirmed by Tolkien) maintained that the dark shadow that passes over the sky during "The Ring Goes South" was a nazgul.
"...Suddenly he saw or felt a shadow pass over the high stars, as if for a moment they faded and then flashed out again. He shivered. 'Did you see anything pass over?' he whispered to Gandalf, who was just ahead. 'No, but I felt it, whatever it was,' he answered. 'It may be nothing, only a wisp of thin cloud.'
'It was moving fast then,' muttered Aragorn, 'and not with the wind.'
This is your missing Nazgul. He escaped the flood and made it back to Mordor first (he presumably had a horse and was able to travel quickly), and thus was the first to make it back and report what happened. He was probably immediately mounted on the winged-beasts and sent out as a spy to resume the task that Sauron originally set them.
That's how I've always viewed that.
Bahahaha you're so wrong
I more or less agree with you in some ways, as I was thinking of this exact passage, myself. Where we differ, I think, is that IMO he was the last nazgul to leave the region of Rivendell, not the first. The Witch King himself, perhaps, the most powerful of the Nine, even uncloaked. Perhaps he remained in the area in an attempt to redeem his failures as the ford and Weathertop, but if he did, I greatly doubt he was able to accomplish much, as his spirit, if that it was, overflew the Fellowship well after their departure from Rivendell.
Certainly, the last one to head south having been uncloaked and unhorsed far downriver, and thus was the last to depart is a plausible idea, but the problem with that is the length of time that elapsed between the flood at the ford and the departure of the Fellowship. Clearly, all the Nazgul eventually made their way to Mordor, but if the last one had merely been displaced by the flood that would argue for him heading straight to Mordor rather than hanging around doing nothing until the party set out.
The supplemental factors for my hypothesis are that Gandalf stated outright that having been uncloaked they would be weakened and return to their master, Sauron would be perfectly able to punish failure, including the ringwraiths, and anything of any use to Sauron would mitigate that misery. It also fits the timing, and suggests that the wraith returned to Sauron in time for the Eye to call down a blizzard on the Redhorn Pass. Of course, it may not "really" have been Sauron behind that storm, but JRRT worked in layers, not outlines. If his intent was to convey a sense of paranoia about being spied on, and that was Gandalf's reason for preferring the route through Moria as well as heavily emphasized by Frodo's journey after the breaking of the Fellowship, then that little scenelet fits the concept pretty well.
Anyway, I've laid out my case. Whether you believe in it or not is up to you.
@@mikemurdoch5441 right let's laugh at someone and belittle their personal interpretation. Maturity at its finest.
@@mikemurdoch5441 Tolkien; one of the Kings of imagination and interpretation would be disgusted with you.
Gee, Ar-Pharazon, putting SAURON on your council after 2 years was a GREAT idea.
---Elros Tar-Minyatur, shaking his head from beyond Mandos
Sharon's Artistic Corner best comment yet. Witty while showing a deep level of subject knowledge. I give it 5 Bilbos out of a possible 5.
You werent exactly perfect elros
-barahir shaking his head at mandks
I like the idea that the nine rings of the Nazgul stay in Mordor and that they have to return to their master in order to survive. It really enforces the idea that these creatures are more like drug addicts in desperate need for a fix.
And that they act like the spirit bottles of a lich or other major undead baddies in some role-playing games.
@@MonkeyJedi99 Dota2
@@poetryofcinema6957 You know, I never played any of the DOTA games, in some part because nobody could tell me why it was called DOTA.
I get that it is an acronym, and just before making this comment here, I looked it up (Defense of the Ancients). But nobody who played the game could tell me back then, and the game itself never really made any effort to explain it on their website.
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I personally boycott things for weird OCD reasons.
Like not going to chick-fil-a because the 'a' is pronounced "aee" but english rules would have a free-standing 'a' pronounced "ah".
Or not going to a restaurant called Mexicali because their sign has the lower case 'e' rotated 45 degrees.
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Dumb reasons, sure, but it only really impacts me.
Hey everyone, I hope you all enjoyed the video! I have a small correction! At 7:25- 7:27, I state that the stress of the Nazgûl were likely stolen and perverted from Rohan. However, my friend Patric brought it to my attention that the horses were “born and bred to the service of the Dark Lord in Mordor”. But I do find it likely that the ancestors of the horses of the Nazgûl were stolen black horses from Rohan! Also, I have a small addition as well! I believe there was a moment after Pippin and Gandalf set out from near the Fords of the Isen for Gondor when a Nazgûl flew over Edoras, coming close to Meduseld itself! Thanks for watching!
No, you were right. I can't remember the quote, but in the two towers (I'm reading it at the mo) someone says that a messenger from Morder came to bargain with the rohirrim for horses to be "born and bred to the service of the Dark Lord of Mordor," BUT someone (I think it was eomer) said that they refused, and orcs came in the night and plundered the villages on the west banks of anduin, and took goods, people for slaves, and horses. So you were right, the horses of the Nazgul were originally horses of Rohan that were stolen.
@@kylexwlsn8372 Ah that makes sense also!
I remember reading too that they stole black horses in particular from Rohan.
eomer said that mordor stole almost all the black horses and there were precious few black horses left in Rohan which caused Rohan to hate the black land
When you look at it, everything possessed by Sauron came through the corruption of other beings. Even the first generation of orcs were once elves until the Dark Lord took hold of them; albeit in that circumstance it was actually Morgoth and not Sauron who did the corrupting.
The fact that Glorfindel wasn't included in the film's is an outrage.
He was one of the most badass characters that Tolkien created.
uncle ted What was he like?
@@onebehindthehair5472
Well,
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
Lol
I think he could have been introduced well enough by good writing, and us Tolkien fans would have appreciated it.
But oh well
😁
@@louiskemner3216 First Age elf, killed a balrog. The reason the Nazgul crossed the river was because fear of Sauron's wrath was greater than their fear of an incarnate elven lord in all his might.
@@LordMortanius A feat he achieved without dying himself in the process I might add... and this *without* Gandalf's Maiar wizardry... (though I suppose to be fair, Gandalf was not able to unleash the full extent of his power at any point in the Third Age due to the strict command of self-restraint imposed by Manwë)
Honestly, it's amazing that the movies were made AND turned out good at all.
Iron Crown Enterprises did complete write ups of each of the Nazgul for their Role Playing game books. I am not sure where they gained the information, or if it was nearly wholly created by them, but they had the rights to use Tolkien's creations for their game books at the time. They were very interesting.
I enjoyed those iterations of the Nine, from the lone female Nazgul to the Witch-King's bro for unlife.
Thank you for another video! Keep up the good work, and you do follow the survey result, nice!
I just finished the Silmarillion for the first time! I was so excited when I recognized the quote in the beginning!!
rlb be “I hate the things you choose to be”-Michael Gary Scott
It's so rewarding to try and truly see this story. The movies were, in my eyes, the greatest book to film adaptations I've ever seen. Yet, this also makes them kind of poisonous to my imagination. When I read the books, and really try and imagine *the books,* independent of Peter Jacksons interpretation, it's just magical.
I remember hearing an interview with Tolkiens son, in which he said something along the lines of "The movies are amazing, but when my father was imagining elves, he didn't see Orlando Bloom." That's when it clicked for me. Read the books, the words on the page, and forge your own image... Borrow _nothing_ from the movies, or fan art, or anything. Try and make them real, and you'll realize that the elements in this story can't really be represented in our world. So much of it's fantasy, and you always lose something when you try and use reality to represent fantasy.
Oh man...
The Hobbit:
Me: Those. Those aren't dwarfs.
That was his grandson. His son hated the movies.
"They were once men, great kings of men. That was until Sauron the deceiver gave to them nine rings of power. Blinded by their greed they took them without question one by one they fell to darkness. Now their slaves to his will, they are the Nazgul, ringwraiths, neither living nor dead. At all times they feel the presence of the ring, drawn to the power of the one. They will never stop hunting you." - Aragorn
The Witch-King of Angmar is personally my favorite villian in Arda. For whatever reason he seems the most real and most intimidating.
*It’s about time.*
Daddy
How were you decapitated when you have no head
Timaeus details aren’t important
@@TimaeusEXE his german trouser helmet
@@Danny-ru7uf A LOSS IS A LOSS YOU DON'T FORGET DETAILS LIKE THAT XD
Great work as always. I have always thought of the Nazgul as the greatest "servants of Evil" ever written. In so many stories, the main villain's underlings are not very effective, not very bright or just really aren't all that scary. The Nazgul are powerful, deadly as can be and are just flat out terrifying...which is what makes them so awesome!
Great pick of topics. I have been wanting to know more about the nazgul for a while now.
Saw this and after watching went directly to my collection of 1 foot nazgul figures and cleaned the dust off them and arranged them in a plalanx again. Hoorah
Bravo! Great vid
Epic video! The Nazgul where always one of the biggest tragedies in Tolkien's legendarium mainly due to the fact they were leaders of men, corrupted in the most hideous way and enslaved to Sauron's will.
The Nazgul provide that distant warning of danger come real in the Fellowship of the Ring when they are more of a mystery and all of a threat. They have often been copied in other fiction in various forms some good and some bad but always apparent.
Cough cough harry potter (kind of)
@@FormedUnique Dementors?
@@thosko98 dream eaters
@@FormedUnique Their role is more similar to the Nazgul, but IMO the dementors are more like the Nazgul in the way that they're not technically alive and they're more mysterious. Death eaters are just wizards with masks.
@@thosko98 wait maybe i have them backwards. The ones that suck the soul out of you
I really appreciate, look forward to, and enjoy the concise “moral of the story” or “what we can learn” statement you include near the end of these videos. I think Prof. Tolkien would be glad you are finding meaning in his tales without treating them as straight-up allegory. Well done & well said!
The etymology of wraith is also interesting (derived from “wrath”, “wreath”, writhe”, et certera). Anyways, thank you for this wonderful video, friend! Elen síla lummen’ omentielvo!
If I could write one middle earth book. I would write the tragedy of at least 5 or 6 of the Nazgul, and their fall.
The ninth rider i saw at walmart about 3 hours ago ..he was in the lawn chair section
When the 8 remaining Nazgúls were too late to reclaim the one ring, I kind of wonder if they ever got burned and fell to their own deaths at mount doom like Gollum did?
"And into the heart of the storm, with a cry that pierced all other sounds, tearing the clouds asunder, the Nazgûl came, shooting like flaming bolts, as caught in the fiery ruin of hill and sky they crackled, withered, and went out."
Hello Yoystan.... if I may share this. I truly hope from Peter Jackson to the next director of the lore they can make more movies about the other books. The subplot to the Nazgul is a franchise of itself and not to mention Annatar who then becomes Sauron. But more importantly the story of the original dark lord Melkor who we come to know as Morgoth. Your narration and opinions can definitely lend a true perspective to the lore itself.
Thank u for the reply. I have rewatch all the movies 10 times over and have the Simarillon in hard cover. Though Sauron is definitely the more interesting story, Melkor parallels Lucifer and would definitely be an epic story to be told.
Ayy buddy
Also *Insert Nazgul shriek here*
AREEEEEEEEE
hmmmm
Reeeeeeecccckkkkkk
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Faramir was also stricken by the Black Breath, in addition to his dart wound at the retreat from the causeway forts. Hence the need to treat him with athelas (kingsfoil) by Aragorn. The master of the houses of healing could have handled any Southron poisons. It required the healing hand of the king (supplemented with athelas) to cure the taint of the Black Breath on the gravely wounded Faramir.
I’ve always loved the nazgul. Ever since I saw them in the fellowship of the ring as a 6 year old kid I thought these guys are so cool and the more I learn about them the more fascinating they become. I even wrote my own book series based on the premise of what if the witchking were more sympathetic and complex and had a backstory of being usurped. From there I gender flipped the role and rise of the dark queen was written. Currently available on amazon kindle and soon paperback
It's likely impossible, but what if that ninth Nazgul was cleansed by the magic imbued into great water that washed him away. And it allowed him to regain a will of his own once more.
From their he either fled to become his own power. A diffrent kind of evil as even though he is free. He is still twisted.
Or perhaps he raised the sword aginst Sauron one last act of defiance.
Or perhaps he simply attempted to return to his homeland. To attempt to reclaim himself. To be something more than just a wraith of a once great man.
Iron Templar
That's a really cool idea.
@@alanpennie8013 thank you
In the fellowship of the ring it talks about the elves finding a cloak after the wraiths were washed away. So the ninth one must of just been decloaked and sent back.
Do you think the Nazgûl hated their own existence and hated Sauron, or regret taking their respective rings? Or are they so bound to Sauron that free thought is nothing but a shadow to them.
Alejandro Molina
From what the Witch King says to Eowyn we may suspect that Sauron (who was a bad dude) tormented his servants in the nebulous but nasty - sounding "houses of lamentation".
Another amazing Middle Earth Video my friend keep up the Good work and can’t wait to see your next video.
Also my favorite Nazgûl is Khammul the easternling.
Loved the new video, man. You’re my favorite LOTR UA-camr and I enjoy binge watching your lore videos. Keep up the good work.
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Great stuff! I always feel a bit sleepy at the end of your videos, because of that "get your ticket" song! I think from watching so late at night, I'm training my brain to think it's time to hit the pillow when I hear that tune.
What if Merry and Pippin were killed instead of being kidnapped?
Rohan would have never have come to gondors aid, and the witch king wouldn't have died. Gondor would have fallen.
Also, the Ents wouldn't have risen up, so Saruman would have remained in Isengard.
@@carthagodelenda9014 aragorn wouldve suicided
its often the small things that keep evil at bay
Mate, honestly. You always kill it. Superb content, keep it up.
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The Nazgul are very interesting, they do not have extraordinary physical prowess (being driven away by Aragorn) but their main power comes from what they represent: the (quite literally) fingers of Sauron extending over Middle-Earth. Their very presence darkens the places around them, even when a character able to drive them away is present. They are a living, black breathing, encroaching darkness. Tolkien has his way with terror.
Edit: I believe Sauron probably held the nine rings with him, that would further justify not only why they go back to Mordor after being defeated, but also why they get stronger while near Mordor. Another thought I had is that it makes sense for them to be driven away by Aragorn, specially that far away from Mordor: he is not only a powerful warrior, but a symbol of the light of the West, his presence probably weakened their powers and connection to the physical world. Near their master they are much more powerful and dangerous, maybe that could be the case everywhere if they wore their rings, but that would leave them vulnerable to having their links to the physical world permanently destroyed after being defeated, instead of just being temporarily uncloaked
Very good point! I would also assume that the Nazguls at the time of the Fellowship of the Ring were not nearly as powerful as they were in the Return of the King. In the Fellowship the darkness of Saurons power was limited to Mordor, if you could say so. So the Nazgul were far away from the source of their power (as you said in your comment). But for example in the Return of the King Saurons influence and darkness swallowed Gondor and reached the walls of Minas Tirith... so the Nazguls in the war against Gondor were much more powerful.
I mean in the Fellowship Aragorn was able to drive off many Nazgul at once.... and in the last book the Witch King stood his ground against Gandalf the White.
@@dwightsmith3815 Makes me wonder how powerful they, and the Witch-king in particular, were during the War of Angmar. Did the Witch-king wear his ring to maintain his power while away from Mordor? That could explain why he fled, since he could easily fight to death with the assurance of receiving a new cloak in Mordor if his ring was there, but if he was in fact wearing the ring it could be destroyed after the battle by free peoples. Moreover, that would explain how he had such a great power even while Sauron was weak. My guess is that they traded power for safety during the events of FotR, since their mission was to find mere Hobbits (and by RotK there was no need of a choice, since they were close enough to Mordor to keep their rings in safety and maintain their power at the same time)
@@JoaoPedro-qp9cw Good point. It seems that the Witch King was very powerful while he ruled Angmar... To imagine that someone like him would easily lose against Aragorn... i guess the most logical explanation is the one you mentioned... he may have carried his ring.
On the other hand: Did he really fight in the War against Arnors kingdoms? I'm not sure right now, maybe he was more of a commander in the backround or someone to scare mortal men. As soon as an opponent approached who got the willpower to fight him he fled.
@@dwightsmith3815 Well that would be in line with the behavior of Sauron (and Morgoth, for that matter). Dark lords seem to have a tendency to work in the background. Maybe both hypothesis are true, since they are not mutually exclusive: he may have worn the ring to increase his power and exert fear and influence over the men of the north (and use some Morgul as well) but fled when threatened by someone who could "brighten the darkness" and pose a real threat for him, possibly destroying the ring in case of defeat. I really like how interesting discussions arise in the comment section of these videos, it's always a joy to a discuss with a fellow Tolkien enthusiast
@@JoaoPedro-qp9cw Yeah, i love these discussions as well :-)
I don't know why, but for me the Witch King was a different "Commander" than Sauron or Morgoth. Sauron and Morgoth both just gave commands but never really left their fortresses to participate in the fightings. Exceptions were of course when the danger was too big like Sauron against the last Alliance or Morgoth against Fingolfin (not really a threat to Morgoths realm/influence but to his pride).
The Witch King on the other hand always seemed like a more active General. In the Ring-Wars he is rather active, for example breaking down the gate to Minas Tirith, the encounter with Gandalf, the "fight" with Theoden and later Eowyn....
Because of that i expected something similiar in his campaign against the northern kingdoms.
But it seemed possible that he was afraid of Glorfindel. The reasons you mention seem possible, too
Great video as always! The Ringwraiths are perhaps the prime example of Sauron's malice and corruption. Fascinating topic about perhaps the intimidating and dreadful servants of the Dark Lord. I'm also very curious about the subplot of the ninth Ringwraith in LOTRO that You mentioned in this video. I'll look for videos about this on UA-cam. Thank You for the video and have a great day!
It would have been interesting to delve deeper in to the Nazgul as to their history and origins but also a part of me wished to see an ending where their soul's were finally released after the one ring was destroyed.
This was a great breakdown on The Nazgul! They are not *the* villain in the LOTR, but they are great henchmen for Sauron!
Kingsgrrl
It was a neat touch to make them more a spiritual than a physical threat (they are animated extensions of The Ring itself) but they do wield knives and swords on occasion.
Re: who keeps the 9 rings, in LOTR, at the Council of Elrond, it was said that 'The Nine, the Nazgul keep".
I do wonder what would have happened if the Nazgul had managed to get the One Ring from Frodo. Would they really have returned it to Sauron, or would the one who got it (probably the Witch King) have taken it for himself and tried to overthrow Sauron and take his place? Maybe the Nine rings were programmed in such a way as to prevent this?
They were Saurons slaves and had no free will on their own. So the moment they got the Ring, essence of their master, they would comply with the Ring without question.
As always, love the fan art. You are most generous!
shoutout Talion, the most tragic (and non canon :/ ) nazgul
He is canon!
Good Putin as much I wish he was, he isn’t
The only thing tragic about Talion was how stupid he was for putting on Isildur's ring.
Turkgay Mongols sucks Greek dicks Meh, I find it to be a great set of games. But I understand that book fans often have issues or resentments, when it comes to something that changes their preferred lore. Now I’m not saying that that’s wrong, but the game devs were so clear that they weren’t trying to change the canon lore or anything of the such, simply their own little fanfic. But again people dislike such things which is their right.
Bobby B no, most people just have a problem when most people who just watch the films take it as cannon, I see it as not canon just a fun game, I don't like people who say I think this is better or this is canon because it's not
Interesting thought I had while viewing the video. Throughout the books there are several characters who serve as dark reflections of what the protagonists may become. Saruman to Gandalf, Isildur to Aragaorn, Smeagol to Frodo.
But the Nazgul serve as a dark reflection both unto Frodo and unto Aragorn as well. Not only does Frodo have to fear they may catch him and turn him into a wraith, but they doubly serve as a grim reminder of what it means for Aragorn should he take up kingship and waiver to the lustful temptation of power that comes with it.
I found this video most fascinating, a well-researched & cleverly worded addition to your other and equally well-thought-out videos. Thank you so much for working so hard to present such interesting content!
That part about the rings is interesting cus it implies Sauron might have been able to gift the rings to more people and then have more Nazgul. That'd be scary.
Always wondered why the Nazgul didnt just take their robes off and hunted frodo whilst invisible. Of course, that would be too easy
Man, God gave Tolkien quite an imagination. Jesus Christ be with you friend!😊
Ageeed
Too bad God Is fake, right? Right?
@@adamoleoni2272 What makes you think so?
Great video as always keep up the good work. I find the nazgul one of the most interesting topics about middle earth. Love the video 👍🤙
I imagine a well spoken balrog politely applauding the greatness of this video. And I laugh
Now that you put it that way it is very funny 😂
The really chilling thing about the Nazgûl is that they were once great kings of men before they were transformed into these terrifying creatures.
Love this nice work!!
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I always thought the Nazgul represented the blind greed and aragence of people with power, and that over time they or will become shadows of what they use to be, and will distroy everything they touch if does not bend to their will.
All the 9 were kings and lords who sided with Sauron before he gave them the rings.
Can you please do a video about Arwen I would love to know more about her like why didn't she Leave middle-earth after the death of Aragon ? like Legolas and Gimli did.. it wasn't too late !! 💔 plls ..and i'm addicted to your videos keep going 😚
I’ve always wondered exactly what powers these rings gave to those kings 🤔
I guess the typical. Each lord/king became a demi god among men pretty much. First they wouldn't age. They became very wealthy (likely due to huge ambitions and the drive to achieve them) they controlled powerful magic and were skilled warriors. So yes I can certainly understand the allure of the rings.
The Nazgûl were mortal men and as such they were doomed to die. This is the gift of Eru and Sauron had not the power to change that. So the Nazgûl can be killed as Eowyn did. The witch king she killed wore a hauberk as he knew that weapons could harm him. But still the black magic of Sauron did protect them. Going near a Nazgûl to fight him is deadly even if you did not just panic and run away from his terror. They were great worriors and kings, strong and fell and the Ring would make them even stronger. So fighting them took a lot of strenght, will and fighting ability. Also, any weapon touching them would perrish, so just hurting them would not serve you well. And killing them is not easy, remember, they survived the flood near Rivendell. But a sword through the skull can kill a Nazgûl, even if it would be death for anyone, who killed him. But of course, black magic is strong, so there is allways a maybe. Maybe the witch king survived, maybe he could return later, after regaining his strenght. But he didn't as the Ring was destroyed and with it the black magic that cept him from dying.
They can't be killed, unless you have a special weapon designed for it like merry
@@the_dropbear4392 Merry's sword was made for the fight against the witch king. It was made by the Dunedain of Arnor, so it had likely some virtue against the witch king. Yet Eowyns sword was made by the Rohirrim and was a good sword but not a magic one. It went right through the head of the ring wraith. My guess is, that this was the end of him. But with Sauron, who knows?
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Merrys sword removed all his magical protection and by the time she stabbed him he had already stopped moving and the way it reads he might have already been dead
@@the_dropbear4392 Merry's sword broke the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will, indeed. Yet if it broke every spell, that protected him, I doubt. The Nazgul towered over Eowyn, being a Numenorien of at least 7 foot (likely more!). When Merry hit him he stumbled, his blow went wide and Eowyn got the chance to strike him dead. And it was told that no man could kill him. Merry sure was a man, so it was Eowyn who actually killed him.
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It was no man would(not could the witch king misunderstood the prophecy) as in no human. Merry wasn't human. The way the books describe it he has already stopped moving when she stabbed him
Sauron and the Ring-Wraiths are most menacing bad guys ever.
I personally believe the Nazgul unaccounted-for after being swept away at the Ford of the Bruinen was the least powerful of them, and was uncloaked & forced to return to Mordor to gain a new "body." The other Nazgul were powerful enough to maintain themselves. Even so, the puissance of even the least of the Nine speaks volumes of the power & violence of the flood.
I didn't think a lot of people liked the LOTR anymore. This is an awesome channel and great explanations!
"Ash nazg, Gimabtul!..."
What if that one un-accounted Nazgûl realised their peril and took off his cloak to better elude the elves, then doubled back to Mordor to send the rider to Gloin?
Shit. Just found this channel and you’re like the bob ross of Tolkien lore. Much respect and thank you for these.
"...and they cried with the voices of death." Greetings friends!
I have been able to catch up soooo much lore through these videos, thank you for all your work, man!
Awesome video!
Can you do one on the 7 dwarvish kings who wore rings? And algo on the elvish lords who wore the three elvish rings (and explain why they weren't corrupted)
Nah the 3 Elven rings aren't corrupted because it was made solely by Celebrimbor, Feanor's grandson in secret at Eregion where else the 9 and the 7 were created by the Elves but with the help of Sauron when he was known as Annatar in Eregion. Capeche?
already been done, the vids are there somewhere
The Three Bearers are Galadriel, Gil-galad (now in Elrond's possession after Sauron killed the former) and Cirdan (gave it to Gandalf when the wizard arrived).
The Nazgul have to be one of my favorite villains in the Lord of the Rings series and from Tolkien’s works even though there’s not a lot of information from where the nine came from other than three of them may have been powerful Numenorean Lords from Numenor they still fascinate great narration and video as always! 😊👏🏻
The Nine had so corrupted the Nazgul that even if the Witch King himself were to take possession of the One, he would straightaway place it into Sauron's hand. Think about that for a moment.
That IS pretty big, usually it would corrupt those of such power! Makes you wonder what exactly sauron did...
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The elves say that the One Ring enhances my already strong mindcontroll power while the nine make you more susceptible to it.
The truth is, that the rings make humans immortal, a power that the greedy elves solely kept for themselves for millenia.
The Nine are the Nazgul.
@@tarmairon431 no. That isnt accurate at all.
Adam Plentl he is called tar Marion, that is like sauron the fair he is basically just quoting what Dayton said t the numenoreans
The game Shadow of Mordor has some pretty cool subplots for several of the Ringwraith's identities. One is Helm Hammerhand.
Stupid bullshit 🤦♂️🤦♂️😂😂
I don't think it's cool at all. They could have made some backstories for the Nazgul without turning existing characters into them, creating this nonsense. Isildur being a Nazgûl makes as much sense as Barack Obama fighting for the Nazis in WW2, they completely twisted the timeline of lord of the rings as well as the characters backgrounds.
I assumed that after the nine became Nazgûl, Sauron took back their rings, making them slightly weaker, but ensuring his dominion over them, for if any disobeyed him, he could destroy their ring.
No need since the One binds the 9 since Sauron made them himself, i think them wearing the rings binds them more to him.
How can one man create such a fleshed out story. This is the sort of thing a massive collective of people come up with over years and years of smashing ideas together. Tolkiens imagination is a testament to a time where there was no movies just books and your own mind.
Please do a video of if Sauron found or allied with Durin's Bane
it is not really known. I don‘t think Sauron allied with him and based on what‘s written in the Silmarillion, I believe Sauron knew he was alive, but since he was so deep in the Mines of Moria he didn‘t bother trying to find him. He had more than enough Military Power without Durin‘s Bane.
@@fabolousninenine30 IIRC, there were Mordor orcs in Moria. They probably did know of the other, and Durin's Bane probably could be called upon for a favor or two from his old coworker.
Up until his death, he was best left where he was, Sauron knew the ring was on the other side of the misty mountains and having moria guarded worked in his favour
Yes. YES!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I HAD BEEN DYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NINE FOR YEARS!!
Damnation aside.. I still want to be a nazgul.
I'm always excited for your videos! Please don't stop making them!
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You bless my existence with each video. We love you yoystan, I love you.
I just Love LOVE LOVE your videos. Thank you for existing.
1:01
“They cried with voices of the dead”
Within a breath
“Greetings friend Houston(?) here and I hope you’re doing well wherever you are in middle earth”
The image of them saying that in what was described made me laugh so hard
Awesome video per usual! Thank you for bringing the world of Tolkien closer to us!
Insert unholy screaming.
2:50 Even Gandalf himself says, during the council of Elrond, "the nine the nazgul keep". It doesn't make sense for Sauron to have taken the rings back from them. Hmmmm.
Khamul: I accept the ring. What could possibly go wrong?
famous last words.
Fascinating - and yes, I agree the LOTRo sub plot is an entertaining idea of what happened to the ninth Ring Wraith
They truly are more terrifying than my lame dementors
Nice video! Been waiting for a while for the nazgul. Keep up the good work
Good video as always Yoystan!
would love to hear more about the fellbeasts. Cool vid !
Lovely video. Got a tricky question for ya. What did the Easterlings do in the 4th age?
Good question. But remember that the king Ellesar made alliances and peace with "many peoples" - because his works tended to bring happiness to the world.
@@lancenaylor3624 thanks for your answer man. Yes "many" but not all hehe. Thats why I wonder
Invented chopsticks?
@@lancenaylor3624 most of Harad quickly made peace with King Ellesar, the Easterlings, most of them anyway, would continue to resist Gondor.
A series on these 9 would be awesome!!
What if you did a video on the implications if MIddle-Earth Shadow of Mordor/War was canon, especially cuz War has a lot to do with the Nazgul.
funny guy
If those were canon then the canon wouldnt make sense.
Intersting because if that was the case than Sauron constantly replaces his Nazgul so that
A.) They don't get too power hungry to challenge him.
B.) It means that the promises of Sauron to the Nazgul was 100% a lie because they can be destroyed
C.) Sauron replaces them because even his best warriors the 9 were nothing to him so if they Fed up so bad they are destroyed.
Which adds to the tragedy of the Nazgul as well as the evil genius of Sauron.
Full of power and might yet so quickly disposed of.
Man, Those Nazgul...Howard Shore's Theme for Them is very Scary!!!
Thanks for your Video Mellon, Until The Lonely Mountain...Marion Baggins Out!!!
P.s What kind of Video will The Lightings of the Beacons be under?!!! Just Wondering...
Nice video,nazgul are the bodyguards of sauron mafia then.
Well narrated,calm presentation,and well explained lore
Sir,you gained yourself a new sub
Good luck and keep up the good work^^